Master's · Seattle, Washington
Is Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at City University of Seattle worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $70,806
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $76,629
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $37,097
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $9k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in WA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 8.2 years (likely 4.4–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$124k (likely −$223k – −$34k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$12k (likely −$207k – $189k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at City University of Seattle
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate certificate)$140,752
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$107,676
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$107,564
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's)$99,735
- Curriculum and Instruction (Master's)$80,194
- Education, General (Bachelor's)$66,411
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's)$56,985
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Bachelor's)$38,261
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods at other schools in Washington
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus$80,738
- University of Washington-Tacoma Campus$80,738
- Seattle University$79,881
- Pacific Lutheran University$77,198
- Seattle Pacific University$75,781
- Western Washington University$74,041
- Heritage University$72,707
- Washington State University$71,438
- Antioch University-Seattle$69,748
- Whitworth University$67,773